Yunguk Jo

Jo Yun Guk (Korean, b.1985) has been facing up to the universal problems of modern society under the central theme of Space, Memory, and Loss, and he has been continuously presented the series of 'Room for Artist', 'Modern Monument', and 'Lost Island' based on the artist's own style of sculpture that across figurativeness and abstractiveness.
Starting with the first solo exhibition in 2011, he has participated in numerous solo, group exhibitions and the Biennale at major art institutes. Along with lively global activities like New York, London, Paris, and Shanghai, he have been introduced to the world as a notable contemporary korean artist by global art publisher SKIRA. Jo makes us contemplate the fundamentals of Fine Art through his distinctive labour-intensive and delicate work, and look forward to the next from the developmental aspect of constant concerns and experimentations on materials and forms.

2011 BFA College of Fine Arts, Gangneung National University, South Korea
2013 MFA College of Fine Arts, Gangneung National University, South Korea

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2022 Unperceived City, Gallery Space&, Incheon, Korea
2020 Subtopia:Familiar Unfamiliarity, Palais de Seoul, Seoul
2018 The Memory of Loss, ARTWA, Seoul
2017 Island, Rational Isolation, Palais de Seoul, Seoul
2016 Secretive and Symmetrical Space, Chuncheon Museum of Art, Chuncheon, Korea
2015 The Scenery in It, Yeon Gallery, Jeju, Korea
2015 The Reconstruction of the space by Memory, BCS Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2014 Make Room, Chuncheon Museum of Art, Chuncheon, Korea
2011 For The Extra, Gallery Sai-art, Seoul

Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 The PRISM:7th Spectrum, HanaBank H.art1, Seoul
2023 Galleries Artfair Special Exhibition : ZOOM-IN (Edition 4), Intercontinental Seoul COEX, Seoul
2021 22th Ansan Danwon Art Festival-The Other side of space, Danwon Art Museum, Ansan, Korea
2021 New Age Art, Allme Art Space, Seoul
2018 CAN ART GO TOO FAR? Shanghai, Huacui Art Center, Shanghai, China
2018 Can ART go too far 2018, ARTWA, Seoul
2018 Gangnueng Museum of Art Special Exhibition-The Way Home, Gangneung Museum of Art, Gangneung, Korea
2018 Korea-Mongolia International Sculpture Exchange Exhibition, The Mongolian National Modern Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar
2018 Begin to Bloom, ...